{"id":6572,"date":"2017-07-14T15:31:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/marketers-influence-leads-remarketing-278599\/"},"modified":"2017-07-14T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:31:57","slug":"marketers-influence-leads-remarketing-278599","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/marketers-influence-leads-remarketing-278599\/","title":{"rendered":"How marketers' influence can expand beyond lead gen: Utilizing remarketing for nurturing leads"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it comes to lead generation, quality is the name of the game. A paid media campaign may generate a record number of leads, but if they don’t turn into sales, the media spend has been a waste.<\/p>\n
Many marketers feel their hands are tied. Once the lead is generated, the typical nurture process is handed off to the CRM team. Can anything be done — from a media perspective — to assist with the lead nurture process and turn leads into sales? The short answer: Yes!<\/p>\n
Here are three steps digital advertisers can take to nurture leads into sales.<\/p>\n
Remarketing for Search Ads (RLSA)<\/a> is a great way to reach previous website visitors when they are searching<\/em>. You can use RLSA to continuously reach prospects after they have completed a lead form.<\/p>\n First, I recommend that you create a remarketing list for users who have filled out your lead form. Second, identify what searches these potential customers might be making next. And third, serve ads to these “leads” as they continue to search and move through their buying journey.<\/p>\n Here are three tips to help you understand prospects’ search behavior and gather these “next step” RLSA keywords:<\/p>\n Whether display or search (RLSA) remarketing, you will want your message to be fine-tuned to this audience and this specific remarketing list (i.e., prospects who have already completed a lead form).<\/p>\n Consider the ad messaging that inspired the lead in the first place. Next, consider the action the user took in completing the lead. Were they requesting a demo, downloading an asset, seeking a quote or signing up for a free trial?<\/p>\n Based on their initial action, what follow-up makes the most sense? Your remarketing ad messaging, as well as the landing page experience, should be aligned with this next step.<\/p>\n Here are suggestions on messaging:<\/p>\n Measuring the effectiveness of paid lead nurture campaigns can be challenging. This is not your typical acquisition campaign, and reporting takes on a whole new look and feel. Obvious key performance metrics such as page visits, time on page, bounce rates and number of pages visited can give a clue as to a potential customer’s engagement level.<\/p>\n However, to really understand how the lead is progressing, and the effect your remarketing ads are having on this progression, utilize Google’s Offline Conversions<\/a> feature.<\/p>\n It allows you to easily see which ads and keywords are aiding in reaching key progression points along the sales journey. You can measure critical offline touch points such as phone calls or meetings. Using the unique Google Click ID “GCLID” identifier<\/a>, Offline Conversions allows you to tie back key offline events to ad clicks and be the most efficient with your media dollars as possible.<\/p>\n Search and display should not be relegated to just lead generation. Utilize remarketing to support lead nurturing. By continuously remarketing to form-fillers (“leads”), both can serve as a valuable resource in turning leads into actual sales.<\/p>\n With the right messaging, targeting and reporting in place, lead nurture should be a part of your digital marketing strategy. Acquiring leads is a wonderful start, but the winning combination is acquiring quality leads that are nurtured into sales.<\/p>\n Contributing authors are invited to create content for Search Engine Land and are chosen for their expertise and contribution to the search community. Our contributors work under the oversight of the editorial staff<\/a> and contributions are checked for quality and relevance to our readers. The opinions they express are their own.<\/em><\/p>\n When it comes to lead generation, quality is the name of the game. A paid media campaign may generate a record number of leads, but if they don’t turn into sales, the media spend has been a waste. Many marketers feel their hands are tied. Once the lead is generated, the typical nurture process is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[32],"class_list":{"0":"post-6572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-platforms","8":"tag-platforms"},"yoast_head":"\n\n
2. Tailor your remarketing message for leads<\/h2>\n
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3. Measure paid lead nurturing results<\/h2>\n
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